Subscribe Via RSSRevelations of the Huge Amount of Data Being Collected by the NSA
A new survey suggests that the revelations of the huge amount of data being collected by the NSA may be having a greater implications than just the Russians reverting to manual typewriters for their important data. A survey done by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has found that 10% of 207 officials at non-US companies have cancelled contracts with US Cloud hosting providers.
The survey by the 48,000 individual member non-profit alliance also found that 56% of non-U.S. respondents are now hesitant to work with any U.S.-based cloud hosting company.
The online survey wanted to gauge the potential impact of Snowden’s disclosures on US based hosting companies and was conducted using SurveyMonkey from June 25, 2013 to July 9, 2013. More than half of 456 responses from companies in the US, Europe and Asia said they are less likely to use American cloud hosting providers because of concerns over US government access to their data.
Government Access to Information Survey Results
The survey received almost 500 responses from CSA members around the world. It found that 56% of non-US residents were now less likely to use US-based cloud providers, in light of recent revelations about government access to customer information. Click here to download the survey results.
